Ecommerce Blog Posts
OpenID Authentication in Rails (Part 1)
Over the weekend I was playing around with an application that uses the restful_authentication plugin to handle user authentication.... 1 Comments | Read More »
Being a Better Business Through Social Media
Wondering what companies like Dell, Starbucks or Comcast are doing to keep their customers? These companies rely on the strength of ... 0 Comments | Read More »
Happy Holidays from an eBay Guru
It's Christmas Eve and here I sit, blogging away and searching eBay! I'm a true addict! Can't help it and won't deny it. Happy Ho... 0 Comments | Read More »
Creating Symlinks When Deploying a Rails Application
One of the really cool parts of deploying a Rails application is using Capistrano to make it easy. I still sit and revel in the simp... 0 Comments | Read More »
Dropship Selling on eBay
I do an online radio show every Friday night called "Let's Talk eBay" and I had to tell you about last nights show. I had a guest th... 0 Comments | Read More »
5 Big eCommerce Design Mistakes
Designing eCommerce web sites for over eight years has taught me quite a few things. One of those things is that good design is jud... 4 Comments | Read More »
Say Goodbye To Long URLs
Have you ever had a URL that you needed to post on your website that was so long it pushed the layout out of whack? What about a lin... 2 Comments | Read More »
eBay Holiday Campaign includes: DEALS
One of the many Holiday campaigns eBay has rolled out this season, this one can be found on every page. It's a little green tab call... 0 Comments | Read More »
Search Engine Optimization Seminar
Earlier in the week, I had attended a seminar designed for business owners to learn about "Working with the New Marketing Media: You... 0 Comments | Read More »
eBay Sellers Stock up on USPS eBay Branded Boxes
Hello my friends. I was amazed to discover this week the number of eBay sellers that did not know about these boxes provided by the... 0 Comments | Read More »
Google Gears Extends Browser Functionality
Google Gears is a browser plugin that extends the functionality of your web browser, allowing for developers to create better perfor... 0 Comments | Read More »
Time for E-Commerce Window Dressing, Highlighting Brand Value
We at Artefact have found that the commoditization of e-commerce experiences is an industry-wide phenomenon, to the point where even... 0 Comments | Read More »
PCI Compliance Coming to You
Since June of 2008, all merchants accepting credit cards have been required to become PCI-DSS compliant. PCI-DSS is a security stand... 1 Comments | Read More »
Mobile Technology and Commerce
On a recent trip to the movie theater my eyes were opened up to just how popular mobile technology really is. I’ve read the studies... 1 Comments | Read More »
Dealing With DNS Records
I know that a blog post about DNS, or Domain Name System, records is probably not the sexiest topic out there, but it is one that I ... 2 Comments | Read More »
R-E-S-P-E-C-T...Can I get a little...please!
I have been told that I sound like I am about 12 years old on the phone. This can be a problem with some people who don’t want to t... 0 Comments | Read More »
Beware Of Those Hidden Charges!
For anyone who’s already experienced getting setup with a merchant account for credit card processing, some of you probably already ... 1 Comments | Read More »
Home Page Evolution
I thought I would take a minute to reflect on how the home page of Practical eCommerce has changed over the years. With some help fr... 0 Comments | Read More »
Who You Gonna Call... Doorbusters!
I've worked in this industry for some time now and one of the phenomenons I'll never quite understand is the excitement over Black F... 0 Comments | Read More »
E-Commerce vs. Brick and Mortar
A question I get a lot is how I got started in E-Commerce and why I didn’t start with a brick and mortar store. We still don’t have... 2 Comments | Read More »
